scan for sexing foal ?

my vet said that he could tell definately on a 65 day scan say what sex it is. i am waiting till its born don't want to spoil the excitement
 
It certainly is possible, and plenty of experienced vets will do it.

Here's an image from a 51 days scan that we did - it's a boy!

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Yes you can as above the three little blobs in the scan are the sex organs and from day 45 onwards they begin to move towards the tail area if the foetus is a filly.

Inexperienced vets / technicians can make mistakes so get a recommendation from a local competition stud or TB stud to get a good tech or vet, it shouldn't cost more than a normal scan if your mare is quiet in stocks.

Personally I like the surprise! You can if you like now get gender selection carried out on fresh and extended semen, great for someone wanting a specific sex from a mating.

There was a big todo in TB circles a few years ago when the majority of mares at auction produced less valuable fillies and the establishment were not best pleased with the use of modern technology!
 
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You can if you like now get gender selection carried out on fresh and extended semen, great for someone wanting a specific sex from a mating.

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Is this actually commercially available for equine semen in the UK? I wasn't aware of anywhere that offered flow cytometery based sorting on a commercial basis here. There are also those sexing solutions available, but they are not equine specific and are unreliable.

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There was a big todo in TB circles a few years ago when the majority of mares at auction produced less valuable fillies and the establishment were not best pleased with the use of modern technology!

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Can you explain this? I thought TB was natural only. What part did modern technology play here?
 
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There was a big todo in TB circles a few years ago when the majority of mares at auction produced less valuable fillies and the establishment were not best pleased with the use of modern technology!

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Can you explain this? I thought TB was natural only. What part did modern technology play here?

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Mares who were scanned for the sex of the foal & found to be carrying a filly would be the first ones to be sold, as colts are worth more money!
 
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Thanks! Thought that might be the case... I guess the secret is NOT to sex-scan the emrbyos in TB broodmares that are going for sale!

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The farm I worked in Lexington, Kentucky woudl foetal sex the embyos of certain mares that were going to the sales. If a mare who had produced a super filly or had a wonderful broodmare page or was in-foal to a good filly sire e.g. Deputy Minister, then we would tell people who viewed the mare at the sales, that she was 'believed to be carrying a filly'. But generally only for the instances given would it be advertised that she was carrying a filly rather than a colt - though not everything was foetal sexed! We used to have Dr. Riddle do them - it was him foetal sexing at our farm (had about 6 mars if I remember correctly) at 60ish days, that discovered MRLS!
 
Sorry if i am being stupid but what is a sexing solution ?

my mare was inseminated on the 16th June, am i still able to get the foetus scanned for the sex? i have a pic of the 35 day scan if that helps but assume about 4 weeks to early?
 
Just read that back and a) I can't spell
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and b) it reads like we only had 6 mares - what I meant is that Dr. Riddle had 6 mares to feotal sex! We actually had about 500 mares + their followers
 
Yes gender selection is availaible, I know that they can undertake the process at the Mendip Stud in Somerset. Nice modern facilities lots of technology! Sadly they cant do it yet on frozen so I've had to take my chance this year!
 
Re TB Natural only.

There is a little loophole in TB rules you are allowed to assist by "helping" semen from a naturally covered mare back into that mare so room for poetic interpretation don't you think!

Personally I think its mad transporting all that valuable breeding stock all over the world and exposing it to accidents whilst mating, when a few simple rules on how many foals a Stallion could have registered in a year would mean all those mares could stay safely at home with their babies and be inseminated. The big plus would be less chance of spreading desease.

TB industry hello 21st Century

I hate the practice of stripping a foal from its mum onto a surrogate simply to send the mare to the states to breed!

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I'm pretty sure that this is the gradient-based system which was developed for bovine semen (the sexing solution I mentioned earlier). Mike at the AI centre (who does the Mendip's work) said he was testing it a few months ago, but hasn't said anything since. I assumed that it wasn't working as well as he had hoped... If it is, then it's good news!

Let's try to encourage those backward TBers to get with modern technology
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After looking into this further: the only globally accepted method for sexing semen is flow cytometry, which is not available commercially for equines in the UK.

If anyone in the UK says that they are offering sperm sexing via another method; it's just not true.
 
I am to say the least a little impatient when it comes to the sex of foals! Could anyone advise me of vets who are trained to carry out this service in the North West area or even down to the Midlands or surrounding areas if there arn't many around.
Thanks in anticipation!!
Amy
 
I would love a filly out of my mare as she aint getting any younger, so any ways or advice to acheive this would be great. And if there is anyway to get semen sexed I would certainly pay more to get what I wanted. (mare has had 1 filly to 5 colts. now she is rising 19!)
 
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I would love a filly out of my mare as she aint getting any younger, so any ways or advice to acheive this would be great. And if there is anyway to get semen sexed I would certainly pay more to get what I wanted. (mare has had 1 filly to 5 colts. now she is rising 19!)
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Use AI: Inseminate early i.e. NOT within 24hrs of predicted ovulation & post collection leave the semen sitting on the lab bench for a couple of hours at room temperature before insemination.

Sure this post will prompt some sceptical responses but in my experience it works, you just have to have a stallion whose semen quality you have faith in. I have :)
 
Hello
Could I ask if anyone can make recommendations please for vets who are experienced in the field of sex scanning? it seems difficult to find using goggle search. thanks
 
Hi
Thanks for your response.
We live in the north west around Manchester area but I'm willing to travel a little bit if necessary. If anyone knows of any specialists who do this around this area id be very grateful for their information.
Thanks
 
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